The City of Baconsville engaged in the following transactions. Assume that the city maintains its books and records in a manner that facilitates the preparation of fund financial statements. Prepare the appropriate journal entries in the general fund. If appropriate, write “No entry required.”

a) The city purchased for cash three dump trucks for $80,000 each.

b) The city sold for $4,000 a police car that had been purchased four years ago at a cost of $30,000. At the time of acquisition, the city estimated that the police car had a useful life of five years and a salvage value of $5,000.

c) During the year, the city spent $12 million to build a third lane on both sides of the major north-south highway through town.

d) The city traded in a pickup truck used in general government operations for a new pickup truck, paying a difference of $18,000. The old pickup truck was purchased four years ago at a cost of $21,000. At the time it had an estimated useful life of five years and an estimated salvage value of $6,000. At the time of the trade the old truck had a fair value of $10,000. The new truck has a sticker price of $29,000.

e) During the year the city began construction of a new city hall. By year-end, the city had made progress payments to the contractor of $3 million.

f) The city received a gift of land from a citizen. The land is to be used to build a city park. The land had been in the donor’s family since it was homesteaded. It had a fair value when contributed of $2 million.

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